فَما لِلنُجومِ الطالِعاتِ نُحوسُها

فَما لِلنُجومِ الطالِعاتِ نُحوسُها

عَلَيَّ أَما فيها الغَداةَ سُعودُ

عَلَيَّ أَما فيها الغَداةَ سُعودُ

So why do the rising stars bring their ill fortune

The stars' ill omens do not bode ill for me,

Upon me? Are there no good omens among them this morning?

Rather, good fortune lives in them at dawn.

أَلا لَيتَني قَد مِتُّ شَوقاً وَوَحشَةً

أَلا لَيتَني قَد مِتُّ شَوقاً وَوَحشَةً

بِفَقدِكِ لَيلى وَالفُؤادُ عَميدُ

بِفَقدِكِ لَيلى وَالفُؤادُ عَميدُ

Oh, if only I had died of longing and loneliness

Oh, would that I had died of longing and sorrow

At losing you, Layla, while my heart is stricken.

For your loss, O Leyla, while my heart endured!

وَإِن تَبعُدي يا لَيلُ بِم أَسلُ عَنكُمُ

وَإِن تَبعُدي يا لَيلُ بِم أَسلُ عَنكُمُ

وَلَكِنَّ حُبّي وَالغَرامُ جَديدُ

وَلَكِنَّ حُبّي وَالغَرامُ جَديدُ

And if you go far away, O Layla, how can I forget you?

And if you stay away, O night, how can I give up love for you?

Yet my love and passion are fresh.

Nay - my passion and desire are renewed.

وَإِن تَقرُبي يا لَيلُ وَالحُبُّ صادِقٌ

وَإِن تَقرُبي يا لَيلُ وَالحُبُّ صادِقٌ

كَما كانَ يَنمو وَالنَوالُ بَعيدُ

كَما كانَ يَنمو وَالنَوالُ بَعيدُ

And if you draw near, O Layla, love is true,

And if you draw near, O night, while love is true,

Growing as before, while your favor is far away.

It grows as it did once when we were parted.

وَإِن كانَ هَذا البُعدُ أُخلِفَ عَهدَكُم

وَإِن كانَ هَذا البُعدُ أُخلِفَ عَهدَكُم

فَحُبّي لَكُم حَتّى المَماتِ يَزيدُ

فَحُبّي لَكُم حَتّى المَماتِ يَزيدُ

And if this separation has left your pledge unfulfilled,

And if this separation has broken your promise,

Then my love for you keeps growing until death.

My love for you till death only increases.